Curriculum Vitae
Roberto Crocetti
Name and contact information
Name: Roberto Crocetti
Job: Division of Structural Engineering, Lund University and
Limträteknik AB
Job address: Box 188, 221 00 Lund
Home address: Floragatan 2, 212 21 Malmö, Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)46 222 9503
E-mail: roberto.crocetti@kstr.lth.se
Native information
Date of birth: July 18, 1968
Place of birth: San Benedetto del Tronto (AP) - Italy
Nationality: Italian and Swedish
Languages: Italian (mother’s tongue), Swedish (fluent), English
(fluent)
Employments
Oct. 2015-
Sept. 2013-
April 2010-
2008-2010
2007- 2010
2004 - 2008
2002 - 2004
20%: Structural Engineer at the company Limträteknik AB, Malmö.
80%: Professor in Structural Engineering, Department of Building and
Environmental Technology, Division of Structural Engineering, Lund
University, Lund, Sweden.
50%: Structural Engineer at the company Limträteknik AB, Malmö.
50%: Professor in Structural Engineering, Department of Building and
Environmental Technology, Division of Structural Engineering, Lund
University, Lund, Sweden.
Professor in Structural Engineering, Department of Building and
Environmental Technology, Division of Structural Engineering, Lund
University, Lund, Sweden.
R&D Manager with coordination of research activities at the Department of
“Building and Housing”(about 20 people) at SP Technical Research Institute
of Sweden. Also supervising research projects in the field of timber
engineering, timber bridges, timber connections, strengthening of timber
structures and timber-concrete composite structures.
Adjunct Professor in Timber Bridges, Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering, Structural Engineering, Steel and Timber Structures, Chalmers
University of Technology, SE 412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
Designer of timber structures, especially timber bridges and R&D Manager at
Moelven Töreboda AB, SE-545 21 Töreboda, Sweden
Consultant engineer in the field of timber structures and external lecturer in
Structural Engineering at different universities in Italy
2001 - 2002
1996 -2001
Guest researcher at the department of Mechanical and Structural Engineering,
University of Trento, Trento, Italy.
Research assistant at the department of Structural Engineering, Steel and
Timber structures, Göteborg, Sweden
Academic Educations and Qualifications
June
2001:
PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) in Steel and Timber Structures Chalmers
University of Technology. Title of the PhD thesis : “On some Fatigue Problems
related to Steel Bridges”. Supervisor: Prof. Bo Edlund, Chalmers University of
Technology. Opponent: Prof. Ulrike Kuhlmann, Stuttgart University, Germany.
1996 –2001: Postgraduate studies (forskarutbildning) in steel and timber structures,
Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden.
1997-1998:
5 months at the ATLSS Research Center, Lehigh University, Pa, USA
(Supervisor: Prof. John W. Fisher).
October
1998:
Licentiate of Engineering in Steel and Timber Structures, Chalmers. (Title of
the thesis: “Modular Bridge Expansion Joints: Loads, Dynamic Behaviour and
Fatigue Performance”. Supervisor: Prof. Bo Edlund).
October
1995:
M.Sc. in Civil Engineering from the University of Bologna, Italy. (Title of the
Master´s thesis: “2D and 3D modelling of concrete up to collapse; supervisor:
Prof. Angelo Di Tommaso).
TEACHING
I have worked as teaching assistant and teacher for graduate students since 1997. I am
currently (since 2010) teaching the following two graduate courses at Lund University:
- Steel and timber structures VBKN01, 7,5 hp
- Bridge Engineering VBK041, 7,5 hp
DESIGN, MANUFACTURE AND ERECTION OF STRUCTURES
I have worked as a structural engineer since 2002 and have designed a large number of timber
structures, including large-span arches, curved beams, trusses, etc. both in Sweden and in
Italy. I have also designed a few concrete structures and steel structures. I have designed
about 20 timber bridges, both pedestrian and road bridges, with lengths up to 130 m and spans
up to 60 m. The typologies of bridges designed were: simple girder bridges, stress-laminated
bridges, stress-laminated box-beam and T-beam bridges, arch bridges and cable-stayed
bridges. I have also participated during production and erection of the main structures that I
have designed.
REPRESENTATION IN INTERNATIONAL/NATIONAL WORKING GROUPS
- Expert in ECCS-TC6 “European Convention for Constructional Steelwork” – Technical
Committee 6 – Fatigue, 1998-2001
- Member of the Technical Committee of The Swedish Glulam Association, since 2005
- Expert in CEN/TC 124 WG3, “Glued-Laminated Timber”, since 2007
- Member of EC5 “Timber Structures”, since 2009
- Working group leader, COST Action FP1004 “Enhance mechanical properties of timber,
engineered wood products and timber structures”, 2010-2015.
Research and Expertise Fields
RESEARCH AREAS
The research topics that I have been working with have been:
- Fracture mechanics of concrete structures
- Dynamic behaviour and fatigue performance of modular bridge expansion joints
- Fatigue performance of riveted railway girders
- Fatigue performance of slender beams (web-breathing)
- Strengthening of timber structures by means of self-tapping screws
- Strengthening of timber structures by means of steel plates and carbon fibre laminates
- Innovative composite bridges glulam-LVL
- Load bearing capacity of LVL plates subjected to concentrated load
- Static and dynamic behaviour of stress-laminate timber decks
- Multi-storey post and beam timber buildings with special emphasis on bracing systems
- Stability and Bracing requirements for steel bridges
- Stability and bracing requirements for large-span timber structures
My present research interests are in the field of timber engineering and steel structures,
especially: timber connections, large-span structures, composite structures stability and
bracing of slender structures. My expertise field is structural engineering in general.